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HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Interestingly, in Africa there is probably the strongest case for joining not just our diplomatic work with our aid budget and our development…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeIt is a generous offer to start commenting on every bit of pre-comprehensive spending review tittle-tattle reported in the media. All I can say is that not an element of it has…02 Sept 2020HANSARDLondon Croughton AnnexI informed the House on 20 December that I had instructed my officials to discuss with the United States a revision of the immunity arrangements at the Croughton annex for US…22 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. We will watch very carefully to see whether and the extent to which the new national security legislation impinges on the judicial…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI thank my right hon. Friend for his support for these measures and for withdrawing his amendments; I appreciate his magnanimity in that regard. On the Magnitsky sanctions, he…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his typically focused and well considered remarks, and for his support. In relation to UK regulation and the regime that applies to imports,…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI thank my hon. Friend for the points that she has made. Of course, one of the points about the Magnitsky regime that we have introduced is that we have already put in place a…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI have already raised with Mike Pompeo, as well as with my other Five Eyes partners, not just the Magnitsky sanctions regime that we have put in place but the designations. We…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy hon. Friend is an assiduous follower of China; I know that he takes a very close interest in it. On what the right balance is, he has mentioned all the areas of challenge. We…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaAs I have said, we have made a very clear, bespoke offer to BNO holders. Further details will be set out by the Home Secretary. She has already made some comments about the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I welcome and thank him for his support. When the Magnitsky sanctions were originally debated, the Russian Government said that the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. As I have said, we respect China as a leading member of the international community and as a permanent member of the Security Council, with…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The UK has a strong reputation as a promoter and guardian of the international rule of law, and that is a good guide or lodestar for our…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI make no apology for being stubbornly optimistic about global Britain, including in our relations with China, but of course it requires China to live up to its international…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaAbsolutely. In taking these measures, we recognise that China will respond. That is why I was clear that we are taking well reasoned, focused and proportionate measures in…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaI thank the hon. Lady for her support for the measures we are taking today. It was clear in the original decision on Huawei that we wanted to reduce reliance on high-risk vendors;…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaOf course, freedom of religion and freedom of expression are not only under threat in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. There is a broader issue, which we continue to raise with China and…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy right hon. Friend is right, particularly in relation to 5G, but there are the other areas, and that is exactly what we are doing.20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaThe hon. Gentleman is right to join others in expressing concerns. I made it clear that we regard what is happening in Xinjiang as a gross violation of human rights. I have…20 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy hon. Friend makes a range of good points, and we will, of course, continue to look at all of them in the round. I share his concern about what we are hearing in some of those…20 Jul 2020